Dr Sarah Badman
Reader in Space PhysicsResearch Overview
Magnetospheric and auroral dynamics in the solar system. Diagnosing the transfer of energy from the Sun to planetary environments. Use of Cassini spacecraft in situ and remote sensing data at Saturn. Interpretation and comparison of auroral emissions at ultraviolet, infrared and radio wavelengths from the outer planets.
PhD Supervision Interests
Dynamics of Jupiter’s magnetosphere: We are exploring giant planet environments with the Juno mission at Jupiter and concurrent Hisaki and Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter’s UV aurora. The combination of these measurements allow us to probe how the vast magnetosphere responds to changes in the external (e.g. solar wind) and internal (e.g. the volcanic moon Io) conditions. This project will exploit the available data to investigate the mechanisms and timescales of Jupiter’s magnetospheric dynamics.
Plasma-neutrals interactions at Saturn
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2027
Research
Space and planetary research at Lancaster University
01/07/2021 → 30/06/2024
Research
Space and planetary research at Lancaster University
01/04/2021 → 30/06/2024
Research
Space and Planetary Research at Lancaster University
01/04/2018 → 30/09/2022
Research
Fellowship: Illuminating Solar-Planetary Interactions
01/03/2016 → 31/07/2023
Research
Cassini Participating Scientist
01/04/2015 → 31/03/2018
Other
Plasma environments in the solar system
01/04/2015 → 31/08/2018
Research
Testing the relationship between Saturn’s ENA and narrowband SKR emissions
Oral presentation
Remote sensing Saturn’s global plasma dynamics: testing the relationship between Saturn’s ENA and narrowband SKR emissions
Oral presentation
Autumn MIST Meeting 2021
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
A Better Place?
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Cassini VIMS at Saturn
Invited talk
Saturn’s auroral processes: Insights from the Cassini Grand Finale
Invited talk
National Astronomy Meeting 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
STFC Solar System Advisory Panel (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Space Weather at Saturn
Invited talk
Saturn’s magnetospheric and auroral dynamics
Invited talk
Overview of the 2014 multi-instrument campaign
Invited talk
Auroral signatures of radial plasma transport at Jupiter
Invited talk
MIST Council (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Auroral signatures of radial transport at Jupiter
Invited talk
Weakening of Jupiter’s main auroral emission
Invited talk
In situ and remote observations of outer planet aurora
Invited talk
Space Weather at Jupiter and Saturn
Invited talk
Space Weather at Jupiter and Saturn
Invited talk
Planetary period oscillations at Saturn: Auroral observations
Invited talk
A Woman's Place?
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
HST images of Jupiter’s UV aurorae during January 2014
Invited talk
Icarus (Journal)
Editorial activity
Saturn’s auroral dynamics during the 2013 observing campaign
Invited talk
Nature’s light show: observing giant planet aurorae
Invited talk
A unique opportunity to discover how energy is transported through Jupiter’s magnetosphere
Invited talk
Planetary magnetospheres and aurora
Invited talk
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (Journal)
Editorial activity
RAS 2012 Research Fellowship
Fellowship awarded competitively
Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Geophysical Research Letters
Other distinction
Space and Planetary Physics
Space and Planetary Physics
Space and Planetary Physics
Space and Planetary Physics
Space and Planetary Physics
Space and Planetary Physics
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